ANALYSIS: Super Tuesday Bringing Super Meltdown to Republican Party

Faced with the increasing likelihood of a Donald Trump nomination, the Republican Party and its voters are headed in opposite directions — with destructive potential consequences the likes of which no major political party has seen in more than a century. Republican voters are on the verge of selecting a nominee. The party establishment, meanwhile, is largely in panic mode — with talk of a contested convention or third-party candidacies suddenly the most realistic ways to block a candidate they fear will harm the GOP for decades.